DAINIK NATION BUREAU Widespread rain/snowfall activities are forecast for both Garhwal and Kumaon regions Uttarakhand for at least four days starting from March 8.  Informing, Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh said on Mondaythat the rain and snow of moderate intensity are likely to lash several places in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts. Besides, light rain/snowfall might occur in the remaining districts ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a piece of good news for Uttarakhand, the  Jollygrant Airport, which is  seeing operation of 12 flights a day while ferrying around eight lakh passengers per year,  has been certified  as  one of cleanest airports of the country, clearing decks for its being developed as an international airport in the coming days. This was disclosed during ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking serious cognisance of lack of implementation of the earlier orders to work towards preventing Ganga contamination and environmental damage caused by polythene in Uttarakhand, the Uttarakhand high court in Nainital has summoned all the 13 district magistrates of Uttarakhand. The district magistrates have been directed to appear before the high court with all the relevant documents ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A ‘Tiranga Yatra’ was taken out by the activists of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday. The students assembled at DAV PG College on the day and took out the Yatra. Carrying National flags the activists chanted nationalistic slogans in the Yatra. The Yatra meandered through Karanpur market, Survey Chowk, Lansdowne Chowk, Tibet Market, Parade Ground and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In another embarrassment for police coming close  on the heels of the custodial death of a minor boy at Kashipur  in Udham Singh Nagar district,  an abduction and rape  accused lodged in Haldwani jail died after he leaped from  the four floor of Sushila Tiwari Hospital  in a bid to escape with police in the chase on Monday.  ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On the penultimate day of the campaigning for the prestigious Karnprayag Assembly seat- the election of which was rescheduled on March 9 following the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party  candidate-reached a fever pitch on  Monday with the state top guns of all the  parties in the contest trudging through the nook and corner of the constituency.  The ...